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Lenny Breau - Fingerstyle Jazz - Book and Online AudioBy Lenny Breau and John Knowles. This book with
online audio contains lessons and numerous examples of Lenny Breau's playing style plus three
full length solo guitar arrangements. Lessons include: building the blues, three
against two, and cascading harmonics at work! Solo guitar arrangements include: "Five O'Clock
Bells, Little Blues, and Freight Train".
Notation and tab...................................................................Price- $24.95

Lenny Breau Plays "Freight Train"

Lenny Breau - The Best Of Lenny Breau - BookThis folio features 12 note-for-note
transcriptions of Lenny Breau's impressive and intricate guitar playing over the course
of his career! Titles include Breau originals and his unique arrangements of standards:
"Bluesette • Cannon Ball Rag • The Claw • The Days of Wine and Roses • Freight Train • Georgia on My Mind • It
Could Happen to You • Oscar's Blues • Spanjazz • Taranta • There Is No Greater Love • Visions".
Notation and tab...................................................................Price- $19.95

Lenny Breau was born on August 5, 1941 in Auburn, Maine and
was discovered by top country guitar player
Chet Atkins in
Winnipeg, Canada. Regarded by numerous jazz guitar players to be the most
innovative guitarist to have actually appeared on the jazz music scene in the
1960s, Breau lived for most of his life as a recluse. This was mainly due to his
drug habit and the associated physical and mental problems that accompanied it.
His recordings definitely prove that he was a fantastic, multi-faceted, and very
imaginative jazz guitar stylist!

Lenny Breau began to play the guitar at the age of seven. By
the time he was twelve he had the ability to play on a professional level with
his parents who were country and western singers Hal "Lone Pine" Breau and Betty
Cody. He initially ended up being interested in jazz guitar music at the age of
seventeen. Breau listened to the recordings of many of the leading guitar
innovators of the 1950s consisting of
Barney Kessel,
Tal Farlow,
Joe Pass,
Wes Montgomery,
and Johnny Smith.

Lenny Breau Plays "Yesterday"

However, the unique style of guitar playing that Lenny
eventually developed was most directly affected by the fingerstyle approach of
country guitar legend Chet Atkins and
the jazz piano approach of Bill Evans. When Chet Atkins heard Lenny Breau in
Winnipeg, he instantly recognized the young player's distinct ability and signed
him to record an album for the RCA label. After the success of his first
recording for RCA, Breau spent some of his time residing in Los Angeles. There
he obtained prominence in jazz circles when he performed at drummer Shelley
Manne's jazz club, "The Manne Hole" and other jazz clubs.

In the late 1960s Breau returned to Toronto, relocating to
Winnipeg in 1973 up until 1975. For numerous years he lived in Killaloe which
was likewise in Canada, however rarely made himself available for any public
performances. With the persuasion of Chet Atkins and others, he did spend some
time in Nashville teaching jazz guitar master classes and playing sporadic club
dates. From 1977 - 1981 Lenny made some new recordings which once again made
evident his huge amount of talent.

Lenny Breau Plays "Lullaby Of Birdland"

At this point in his career Lenny Breau was playing a 7
string guitar built to his own specifications. This instrument had an extra
treble string, a high A, instead of the extra bass string, a low A, made famous
by George Van Eps on his 7 string guitar. In November 1983 Lenny moved to Los
Angeles where he taught private students and jazz guitar seminars. He likewise
wrote a regular instructional column (edited by
Jim Ferguson) for
Guitar Player Magazine. He appeared regularly every Monday night performing with
internationally known jazz guitar player Tal Farlow at the legendary Donte's
Jazz Club.

On August 12, 1984 Lenny was found dead in what was
originally thought to be a swimming pool mishap. Later evidence suggests that he
was murdered. Lenny Breau, although unknown to the typical jazz music
enthusiast, is acknowledged by guitar players as well as those jazz artists who
performed with him as one of the most creative and important jazz guitarists of
all time. He was likewise an unbelievably versatile guitar player as well
playing country, flamenco, folk, concert classical, and Indian music with the
very same mastery and level of excitement as he played jazz!

Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee
- This unique book includes 300 jazz guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference
format that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library.
Stacy McKee was the featured guitarist with "Les Brown and The Band Of Renown"
and for a limited time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with your first order!==>Click here to see the
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